Planetary Resources, the company that is planning to mine near-Earth asteroids, has received a ton of email from fans wanting to participate in their exciting venture. So much that it may open the possibility for you to be part of this.
Of course, your participation is not going to be like Larry Page or James Cameron's—who are board members and investors in the company. And don't think about pulling a Bruce Willis either. The founders are thinking about "adding additional capacity in [their] production run, and either offering you access to a portion of [their] orbiting spacecraft or, if there's enough demand, actually build you an additional Space Telescope for your own use." They say it would probably do this through Kickstarter if enough people ask for it. They have a couple ideas about how this may happen...
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